不ふ遇ぐう時じ代だい

noun

dark days; period of misfortune and obscurity

Refers to a time in one's life when one was unrecognized, unlucky, or suffering hardship, often with a nuance of being overlooked by the world.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、長ながい不ふ遇ぐう時じ代だいを過すごした。

  He spent a long period of obscurity and misfortune in his youth.

• 不ふ遇ぐう時じ代だいの経けい験けんが、後のちの成せい功こうの糧かてとなった。

  The experience of his dark days became the foundation for his later success.